The California State University Maritime Academy campus is located on the waterfront in Vallejo. It includes the 500-foot Golden Bear training vessel. Cal Poly will acquire Cal Maritime — the state’s ...

The California State University system is pushing forward with its proposed plan to save the state’s only, nearly bankrupt maritime academy from going under by incorporating the school into Cal Poly.

January 22, 2026 - Fausto Lopez finished high school, got an associate degree and applied to attend a four-year college - all while inside juvenile detention. This story has been updated to include ...

A steep drop in enrollment has put Cal Maritime, the smallest of the California State University’s 23 campuses, on a path to merge with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Under the plan, which went before the ...

VALLEJO – California State University officials are backing a move to integrate the California Maritime Academy with Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, as the institution in Vallejo faces financial challenges.

The first Cuban-American to be inducted into the Academy of Sciences in Cuba is a retired Cal Poly biology professor and renowned microbiologist. In May 2024, Professor Emeritus Raul J. Cano was ...